The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-10-13
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o. b. Spokane Falls Wash Ter - After fling
homestead claim. moving the land, improving
and remaining upon il for six months. If were To
leave 10 for q period not to exceed six months for
the purpose OF educating my children, would claim
be forfeited? Ans,oer IL might not operate against
you, bat do not advise you To do so. The law
requires continuous residence.
q. r., Cleveland, OIL. Is it strong enough testi-
mOny to secure pension to Offer the evidence
of having been admitted to "a National Military
Home for disability Incurred in line of duty
based upon the aihdaylts OF officers and prt-
va,e physiciansf Should Congress not provide
/ for such c7tses? 2. Please give me the address
of Capt. Brownell, the avenger of Col Els
worth. 4nsb0er. l. Such testimony would not be
accepted by the Commissioner sufficient. All
claims of persons who were not regularly mustered
unless they have been prosecuted "A successful is
| prior TO July A. 1874 We do not think Con-
gress will change the law in that respect. 2 Capt
BTOwnels address was at latest accounts Troy NY.
X. Il. M, TsnlptetOII, NaSs.-I. What was the rat
ing for total deafness in both Oct % 1885? 2.
/ Has the rating been changed since then? Would
pensoner have 10 make application to receive it?
Aasu0er- l. sl3 per month for an enlisted man. z.
NIB g., Morrisviue. V.-Iast February applied
to the Second Auditor for the difference of pay be-
/ tween Quartermaster-Sergeant and Second Lieu
/ months pay proper a. Second Lieutenant In
ply was informed they had received my commits
sion. discharge and muster. When will be likely
/ to hear from it, AnSbger II will probably be two
i years before your claim can be settled.
| a. n, Fort Worth, Ter.-I was commissioned q
| Second Lieutenant to take rank such from Nov.
| IA, 1854 / WAS not mustered till February Il,
/ 1865. Am not entitled to pay from the date of
| my commission? AnstOer. You might have been
| entitled had you fled your claim prior 20 June 3,
lsS7 alter which date such claims became barred
/ by statute.
| W. Ill w., Lansing6,sro. w. Y-Does a fathers ac-
erued pension go to his minor child? What the
rights Of a minorf Anst0er. In a soldier
pensioned for disability contracted i'm the servcs
during the late war; should die of the disabilities
| for which he was pensioned his widow and minor
| children would be entitled to receive the pension
in their own right ut the rate Of s2 per month for
/ the widow and g per month for euch child till il
should become 10 years old. In case of the death
| of the widow, then all the pension, including the
| sl2 which the widow drew, would go to the chill
dren till they should have arrived at Is years of
eye. The accrued pension due from the date of the
last payment OF the soldier the date of his death
would be paid to the widow or if there be no
widow. to the minor children of the soldier with
out regard to the cause of his death. upon appca-
ton. The minor child does not otherwise succeed
| to his fathers pension. The amount of pension
the soldier receiving does not affect the rates
\ allowed by law to widows minors.
/ JAE. Laurence, Neb.-Piease inform me what
| number OF pension Is now under consideration in
| the Pension Office and what number was acted
| upon the first week of September, 1887? AHsl0er.
| All numbers are being acted upon if claims
| completed No matter when a claim is fled if the
necessary testimony be fled also, il will be taken
| up and acted upon without regard TO its number.
| r. W., Luke kHR.-l. Al what price will YOU fur
| nish me the portraits of Logan, Grant, sherman
| and Sheridan2 2 Was John sherman Treas
nrer OF the united Ststes wnen the act authorizing
| the making OF the trade dollar was passed? What
Congress was the act passed by? AnSlUer. /. The
portraits will cost SIS cents. 2 John Sherman never
| was United States Treasurer. The act was passed
by the 42d Congress, and became law Feb. IL.
1873. Francis E. Spinner the time being Treas
| urer Of the United States.
| III. n. ~. StGhis0,VE, Pal filed on a timber claim
June 20 loS6. In March, 1887, broke 10 acres IL
put them into crop IN the Spring of 1883 before
plant trees IN the Spring of 1859, shall be comply
ing with the law2 AnS0er Yes. A party TO a
| timber culture entry may. if he so desires, break
the full 10 acres the first year cultivate crop the
| second and plant trees the third year; in other
words 1t in no way dispaTagcs the claim, provided
he complies with the law ia tiling his claim.
| s. w., Sunny Dale, Kan-lIust a man become
again nRturalized who. having fed to Canada to
escape being drafted into the United States service
| In time of war. and becoming naturalzed there,
again returns to the United states to become eit-
| zen thereof Insurer. IL be were naturalized in
Canada he thus gaveup his allegiance TO the United
States and became a citizen of a foreign country.
He cannosbe citizen Of the Unieed States till he
shall have again become naturalized.
b. a. B.. Onsro, Visa soldier about to die
leaves his minor child under tie guardianship Of
his father. his wife being divorced from him. Sup
posing the widow entitled to pension. how much
payable? Ansl0sr. A divorced wife widow has
no right whatever under the pension laws, conse-
quentiy she does not enter into the case. She is
legally dead. Her pension, including the increase,
would go to the child Through its guardian
j. 3, Mendon HL-In case where an ex-soldier lies
helpless, requiring continual attendance for three
or four months, aud his daughter past Is years of
age, Is called to give him and attention through
all that time, he being wGower. and leaving this
said daughter and three children of pensionable
age destitute while his claim was pending he the
said CLAIMANT dying rom disease contracted in the
service. and for which he claimed pension can this
attendance by hsdaughter aforesaid be collected
from the Government or not? III so, how should
she or her representative proceed in the ease? An
SrsT. The claim be completed by the daughter
and money collected only under see. 47lS r. :
through the Third Auditor of the Treasury. The
accrued pension found to be due the soldier at the
date of his death can be used 10 meet the EXPENSE
Of the last sickness and burial of the decedent IN,
where he did not leave sufficient asset to meet
such expenses"
FM C. Etston Pal enlisted a. a private and
was mustered into service Aug. - 1862 Served
as private till July, 1854 when was commissioned
as an officer into another regiment Thereupon
paid back the SIS advance bounty Of the slO0 which
would be due me had i served out the two years.
After continuing thereafterin the service two years.
am not entitled to sl0O bounty? ARSwer. YOu are
not entitled any bounty whatever; and the So adj
vance bounty which you received was legally de-
Quoted from your pay upon your promotion. When
you enlisted you were required to serve two years
enlisted m2n TO be entitled 10 bounty (unless
discharged for woundsl. and as you accepted your
commission before the expiration of that time you
are not entitled under the existing law. We are
not speaking of the justice of the law, but simply
state what IL is.
d. g p, Mansfield Nass-Please inform me II
there Is book pamphlet printed, giving the
rates of pensions and To what amount a Is en-
titled who has been wounded in the service? re-
| ceived gunshot wound in the right side fractur-
ing four ribs and penetrating the lower portion of
the right lung. in the battle of Cold Harbor. am
unable to do hard manual labor Am pensoned
at So per month. Am not entitled to "A higher
rating? 4TSSoer. There il no book or pamphlet
stating the rates of pensions for anything except
for specific disabilities and such permanent disabii-
ties as can be rated. IL would be utterly i'm possi-
BILE to determine the rating of pensions for mscel-
| laneOu5 gunshOt wounds. diseases etc. for the
reason THAI the degree of disability varies in each
case and the rating depends upon the degree of
| disability found To exist by the Examining Sur
| geon- For instance, you are drawing IS per month
| for gunshot wound in the side. Another person
might receive a gunshot wound IN the same local
| lily, and yet be twice much disabled you are,
and. therefore, would be entitled 80 q higher rating
/ than you would receive. IL would be impossible
for two bullets to make two identical wounds in
| two different persons and leave the same degree
OF disability in each. They might be similar. but
they would not be Identical, and the degree of dis
! ability would vary in each case. So what would
\ be the proper rating for one person might not be
SO for another; and the is true OF diseases.
Our table OF pension rates showing the different
degrees OF disability for specific disabilities deaf
| ness, rupture, etc.-price 10 cents.
q. s.. BFsaLhedSvilis. Ad.-Am 1 entitled TO pay for
rations failed - receive while wounded? was
IN tile hospital, and when received my tranfer to
, | 40 home no allowance for rltiOns given me.
AnSWer. you have the original Through i'm your
| possession upon which you went home YOU can
furnished with TatiOns; but IL you have not the
original document, you cannot establish u claim.
| j. r., Denton, IeTtLs.-I was wounded and taken
prisoner IN the early part of the Applied for